“These are so many women saved, children saved,” greeted Éric Dupond-Moretti during a Senate hearing.
The Minister of Justice revealed that “the number of tragedies avoided thanks to the anti-reconciliation bracelet has been multiplied by 3, going from 3,634 in 2022 to nearly 10,500 interventions by the police” in 2023.
Used to prevent perpetrators of violence against women from approaching their victims, anti-reconciliation bracelets (BAR) were put in place in France with the law of December 28, 2019 aimed at taking action “against violence within family ".
Worn on the ankle, it allows you to geolocate the violent spouse or ex-spouse and trigger an alert system that the latter approaches the protected person beyond a perimeter defined by the judge.
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The violent spouse or ex-spouse is then contacted by a remote assistance platform, then the police are alerted if they do not respond or turn back.
Currently, 1,000 anti-reconciliation bracelets are active - almost the majority are worn "after conviction" - according to the Ministry of Justice.
10% of the bracelets are awarded before the judgment “as part of judicial review”.
Serious danger phones and protection orders
“Serious danger” telephones (TGD), which allow women to call emergency help and be geolocated, have “made it possible to avoid nearly 2,500 tragedies in 2022”, added the Minister of Justice.
According to the Chancellery, 3,556 devices were allocated in 2022, compared to 727 in 2020.
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Protection orders, which require the eviction of the violent spouse or prohibit them from coming into contact with their victim, “have also helped save lives,” affirmed Éric Dupond-Moretti, recalling that they were now issued in 6 days, compared to 42 days previously, and that they would soon be done in 24 hours “in the event of an emergency detected by the public prosecutor”.
In 2022, 3,586 protection orders were issued compared to 1,392 in 2017, according to the Ministry of Justice.